Fletcherize

[ flech-uh-rahyz ]

/ ˈflɛtʃ əˌraɪz /

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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also especially British, Fletch·er·ise .

1900–05, Americanism;see Fletcherism, -ize

At first people who Fletcherize or chew their food perfectly, usually lose weight.
How to Eat|Thomas Clark Hinkle
Eat slowly, Fletcherize each mouthful, it will reduce you, give you a new taste of flavors not known to the glutton.
Supreme Personality|Delmer Eugene Croft
Women must learn to fletcherize freedom if it is not to give them indigestion of purpose.
The Tinder-Box|Maria Thompson Daviess
The raffish mongrel was apparently endeavouring to fletcherize a complete stranger of the Sealyham family.
The Adventures of Sally|P. G. Wodehouse

The two extra months at sea gave him an insight into a great business, and he had the time to fletcherize his ideas.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard